Mumbai, 11 March 2024

 

CGST & Central Excise, Palghar Commissionerate arrested one person for defrauding government ex-chequer of Rs.31.06 Crores by obtaining fake GST registrations.

The officers of Investigation Wing of CGST Palghar Commissionerate, Mumbai Zone, have busted a racket of taking fake GST Registrations on the basis of various mobile numbers and email ids with an intent to pass on fraudulent ITC to the tune of Rs.13.39 Crores and availed inappropriate ITC of Rs 17.66 Crores to facilitate the recipients to avail wrongful ITC. The kingpin of the racket Shri Mishrilal Ramadhar Dubey alias Abdurrahaman Dubey alias Aqil H Kasmani has been arrested last Friday (March 8, 2024).

During the investigation carried out on the basis of intelligence received, it was observed that Shri Mishrilal Ramadhar Dubey alias Abdurrahaman Dubey alias Aqil H Kasmani was actively involved in creation of various fake companies under his different mobile numbers and email ids and using such GSTINs created for passing of fraudulent ITC by generating fake invoices as well as filing GSTR-1 returns with a sole intent to pass on fraudulent ITC to various recipients of such invoices on commission basis.  In all,  thirty-one firms were operated by Shri Mishrilal Ramadhar Dubey for the said purpose.

Based on material evidence gathered during the investigation, Shri Mishrilal Ramadhar Dubey has been arrested on March 8th, 2024, under the provisions of Section 69 of the CGST Act, 2017 for contravention of Section 132 of the CGST Act, 2017.

 

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(Source: CGST Palghar Commissionerate) | PIB Mumbai | SC/DR

 

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